January 2, 2010

My theory, Kate: Madonna is more interesting than you. He called her because he wanted to talk to someone who had things to say. But it does make one jealous, and jealousy makes you more boring. It's a vicious circle.

Kate is a sweetheart, caught in a triangle with two playas. She did the right thing in getting out of there. This wasn't nearly so much about "calling his ex", as it was about "who should you be with".

If it's an issue of looks, who in their right mind (I realize I may be answering my own question) would prefer Madge, as the tabloids in Blighty call her, to Kate? Whether Madge is really that interesting up close and personal is another issue, most actresses being notoriously one-dimensional.

The daughter of The Blonde's regular LPN is involved with a guy who felt obliged to run to his ex's bedside (in Pittsburgh) when she was stricken (forget with what). The daughter eventually guilted him into staying here, but the consensus seems to be that the original marriage isn't over yet, divorce notwithstanding.

I hate texting. That A-Rod spent a lot of time texting anyone was grounds for a split. Who wants to be around someone who can't pay attention to the moment because they are so busy thumbing out one-syllable words? Texting is the new vast wasteland of human interaction. Oh sure you see little reminders and exclamations, but mostly you see boredom.

But it does make one jealous, and jealousy makes you more boring. It's a vicious circle.

It is indeed a vicious circle. It's also one of the least-discussed pathologies wrought by the sexual revolution.

Jealousy can be an absolutely devastating state. It gives a person a glimpse of psychosis -- a taste of what it would be like to lose one's mind. "So this is what crazy is," we realize as we get dangled at the edge of the emotional abyss.

A society that respects marriage, monogamy and fidelity doesn't put itself through this to any great extent. We, on the other hand, have saddled ourselves with it on a massive scale. It's an inescapable byproduct of a culture that embraces the principle of screwing whoever you want. We live amid the stench of shattered pride and broken inner peace, constantly breathing the threat of broken trust.

Worst of all is that our ancestors had learned all this for us. They gave us marriage and monogamy for a reason. They'd done all the hard work. And then we bop along in the middle of the 20th century and decide we're smarter than all those messages embedded in those millennia of tradition, and throw it all away.

Madonna is interesting? That nutcase, who suggested all nuclear reactors should be filled with Kabbalah water, is interesting? That bitch, who dissed her best friend from high school - on camera during "Truth or Dare" - is interesting? That serial divorcee and homewrecker - whose most recent ex-husband labeled her "retarded" - is interesting? Please, Ann, don't believe the hype:

"Esther" may be intertesting to A-Rod, but that says more about his dumb Kabbalah-sucking ass than it does about anyone else.

Madonna's a whore - not even a talented one - and that'll always be her claim to fame. It's why feminists applauded her and gays love her - the rest of us, not so much.

"Jealousy can be an absolutely devastating state. It gives a person a glimpse of psychosis -- a taste of what it would be like to lose one's mind. "So this is what crazy is," we realize as we get dangled at the edge of the emotional abyss.

A society that respects marriage, monogamy and fidelity doesn't put itself through this to any great extent. We, on the other hand, have saddled ourselves with it on a massive scale. It's an inescapable byproduct of a culture that embraces the principle of screwing whoever you want. We live amid the stench of shattered pride and broken inner peace, constantly breathing the threat of broken trust."

As true as all that is - and it is - such words are a waste of breath around these parts, dude,...

This whole thing is silly. Kate tried to prove she could control A-Rod, and he showed her he is an inconsiderate boob. Women really ought to learn to let a man have his friends and his toys. If he's being unfaithful, then you cut him off. Too many women like to tell a man whom he can't talk to. Ridiculous. Kate could've had some good sport with the calls and the texting, instead, she threw a snit. She's as ego-centric as he is.